
foundation基本信息
读法:英 [faʊn"deɪʃ(ə)n] 美 [faʊn"deʃən]
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英英释义
Noun:
"he stood at the foot of the tower"
"a good grounding in mathematics"
"the foundation of a new scientific society"
中英词源
foundation 基础
来自found, 底部,基础。
- foundation (n.)
- late 14c., "action of founding," from Old French fondacion "foundation" (14c.) or directly from Late Latin fundationem (nominative fundatio) "a founding," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin fundare "to lay a bottom or foundation" (see found (v.1)). The Latin word is glossed in Old English by staþol.
Specialized sense of "establishment of an institution with an endowment to pay for it" is from late 14c.; meaning "that which is founded" (a college, hospital, etc.) is from 1510s; meaning "funds endowed for benevolent or charitable purposes" is from early 15c. Sense of "solid base of a structure" is from early 15c.
词态变化
复数 foundations;
权威造句
- 1. She dug the foundation with a pick and shovel.
- 她用镐和平锹挖地基。
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- 2. I am determined to build on this solid foundation.
- 我决定在这个坚实的基础之上继续努力。
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- 3. The Bush Foundation has funded a variety of faculty development programs.
- 布什基金会已经资助了许多教员发展项目。
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- 4. The issue strikes at the very foundation of our community.
- 这个问题严重影响了我们社会的基本根基。
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- 5. The Foundation is holding a dinner in honour of something or other.
- 基金会正举办某个纪念宴会。
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单词分析
这些名词均含有“基础”之意。base侧重指构成或支撑某一具体物体的基础,也可指军事基地或用作比喻意义。
basis主要用作抽象或引申意义。
foundation用于具体意义时,侧重指坚固结实的建筑物的基础或地基;用作比喻意义时,与basis基本相同。
ground含义与basis和foundation接近。一般指某种决定、论点或关系的基础,也可指某种原因的基础。
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